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President BOLA TINUBU has announced plans to clear his schedule in order to visit Benue State on Wednesday, June 18,  to commiserate with the people, following last Saturday’s deadly attack in Yelewata community that claimed many lives. TINUBU stated this yesterday when he inaugurated the Greater Abuja Water Supply Network in the nation’s capital, where he sympathized with the people of Benue State and those who lost their loved ones in the attacks, urging the […]

There seems to be a looming crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as the Governor of Borno State, BABAGANA ZULUM, yesterday, led a protest after the party’s leaders endorsed President BOLA TINUBU for reelection without including Vice President KASHIM SHETTIMA.  It all started when the APC National Chairman, ABDULLAHI GANDUJE, and National Vice Chairman (North-East), MUSTAPHA SALIHU, at a North-East stakeholders meeting in Gombe, endorsed TINUBU for a second term without acknowledging SHETTIMA. GANDUJE and SALIHU had to be escorted out […]

President BOLA TINUBU has issued a directive to Nigeria’s security chiefs, instructing them to implement his earlier orders to restore peace and order in violence-stricken areas, with particular emphasis on Benue State. In a statement released yesterday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, BAYO ONANUGA, the President also tasked the governor of Benue State, HYACINTH ALIA,with the urgent responsibility of convening reconciliation meetings among the conflicting groups within the state. He called on Governor ALIA to urgently initiate dialogue between warring parties, […]

Human rights lawyer, FEMI FALANA (SAN), has warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), NYESOM WIKE, not to contemplate sealing 34 embassies and foreign missions said to be owing ground rents in the nation’s capital city Abuja but instead take the matter to court. Recall that the WIKE’s administration in the FCT had published the details of 9,000 debtors in newspapers, asking them to pay their ground rents to avoid the risk of forfeiture of their […]

The Federal Government has launched an investigation into a viral video showing alleged neglect of accident victims at the Emergency Unit of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja.  The video, which circulated widely on social media, showed victims of a road accident reportedly left unattended by hospital staff members after being brought in by a Good Samaritan.  The Good Samaritan, who recorded the footage, said he found the victims on the […]

President BOLA TINUBU has acknowledged that Nigeria is not yet where it aspires to be, but appealed to Nigerians to keep hope alive. The President, who stated this in his Eid-el-Kabir message to Nigerians, which he signed yesterday,  noted that the period reminds Nigerians  of their responsibilities beyond faith: to show resilience, tolerance, compassion, and dedication to the progress of the country.  Reaffirming  his “commitment to the aforementioned values, the president expressed his deep appreciation for the faith, patience, […]

President BOLA TINUBU has approved the immediate release of 2 billion Naira for the reconstruction of all houses affected by the flood in Mokwa, Niger State.  This was made known yesterday by Vice President, KASHIM SHETTIMA, during a visit to Mokwa, following the devastating flood that destroyed lives and property, left hundreds displaced, while more than 200 bodies have been recovered. The Vice President said the President authorised the immediate release of 20 trucks of rice […]

The suspended governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, yesterday paid a visit to President Bola Tinubu at his residence in Lagos State. Tinubu has been in Lagos since last week, where he commissioned several projects and will remain in the state until the Sallah celebrations are over. Fubara’s meeting with Tinubu may not be unconnected to the ongoing state of emergency in Rivers State. He recently met with his estranged […]